One traveler's Spanish nightmare of lost luggage, stolen passports, and a canceled flight gets untangled by two obscure international regulations most people ignore until it's too late.
The Guardian
France and the UK smash May temperature records as a heat dome turns Europe into a pre-summer sauna, with scientists warning this is the new normal.
UN News
Former EU employee Latyr Thioye spent four years homeless in Spain after a forged cheque and passport confiscation - only to be cleared without explanation, now sharing his story at a UN forum.
The Guardian
WHO insists hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship is not the next pandemic, even as Spain and Canary Islands argue over docking rights and 12 countries nervously check their contact-tracing lists.
Spain gets a record 794 Blue Flags for its beaches and marinas, because apparently it's not enough to just have great paella and sunshine.
The Good Times
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